Privacy considerations for ARB to LINK
Where offered, Private Route is designed to reduce an obvious direct association between the sending wallet and received assets; it does not make ARB on Arbitrum or LINK on Solana activity anonymous or invisible. Arbitrum exposes account history, token approvals, contract calls, logs, gas funding, amounts, and timing under its own chain identifier. Its Nitro optimistic-rollup design executes through a sequencer and posts compressed transaction data to Ethereum. L2 inclusion and Ethereum settlement are separate milestones, so a source receipt can advance before the rollup state is final on L1. Solana exposes account keys, transaction signatures, token-account changes, program calls, amounts, fees, and timing. It uses an account-and-program execution model with transaction signatures rather than EVM hashes. SPL tokens use mint and token-account records, and a receiving wallet may need the correct associated token account plus SOL for later activity. ARB is a governance token and does not pay Arbitrum transaction gas; ETH remains the gas asset. A bridged ARB contract on another network is a separate representation from the Arbitrum token. LINK is an oracle-network utility token represented by network-specific contracts. It is not the gas asset on Ethereum or EVM rollups, and bridged LINK contracts require separate verification. Token contracts, approvals, wallet reuse, recognizable amounts, close timing, and later consolidation can create association signals. Private routing changes only part of that observable transaction context. Identity-verification requirements are separate and must be checked in the live flow.
What remains visible on Arbitrum
Arbitrum exposes account history, token approvals, contract calls, logs, gas funding, amounts, and timing under its own chain identifier. Its Nitro optimistic-rollup design executes through a sequencer and posts compressed transaction data to Ethereum. L2 inclusion and Ethereum settlement are separate milestones, so a source receipt can advance before the rollup state is final on L1. ETH is the native gas asset for Arbitrum. Reusing the sending address, approval pattern, or recognizable amount can preserve source-side context.
What remains visible on Solana
Solana exposes account keys, transaction signatures, token-account changes, program calls, amounts, fees, and timing. It uses an account-and-program execution model with transaction signatures rather than EVM hashes. SPL tokens use mint and token-account records, and a receiving wallet may need the correct associated token account plus SOL for later activity. Receiving-address reuse, immediate consolidation, and later transfers can create destination-side associations.
Arbitrum source role versus Solana destination role
On an Arbitrum source, the Nitro sequencer records L2 execution before Ethereum settlement completes; ETH funds gas and ERC-20 inputs can need approval. Those source-side events remain visible. A Solana receipt uses a native SOL balance or SPL token account identified by mint; later token movement and account creation use SOL fees. That receipt and later destination activity remain visible.
EVM deposit and Solana receipt create different public records
Arbitrum records the 0x source account, gas, approvals, and token transfer. Solana records the destination account keys, token-account changes, programs, fees, and signature. Private routing can change the direct provider path without making either ecosystem invisible.
ARB approval and governance-token evidence; LINK approval and governance-token evidence
Token allowances, contract transfers, voting or utility interactions, source gas, and later wallet consolidation can remain visible for this deposit. Sending ARB can require a token allowance, while ETH—not ARB—must fund Arbitrum gas. Verify the outbound ARB contract if the source is not Arbitrum. Those source events remain public. Token allowances, contract transfers, voting or utility interactions, source gas, and later wallet consolidation can remain visible for this receipt. LINK arrives as a network-specific contract balance. The wallet still needs the destination native asset before it can transfer or approve LINK later. The receipt and later destination use remain public.
What Private Route changes—and what it does not
Private routing can reduce a direct association between the EVM deposit account and Solana receiving account. The 0x transaction, approval, gas, Solana signature, token-account changes, amounts, and timing remain public evidence. On an Arbitrum source, the Nitro sequencer records L2 execution before Ethereum settlement completes; ETH funds gas and ERC-20 inputs can need approval. Sending ARB can require a token allowance, while ETH—not ARB—must fund Arbitrum gas. Verify the outbound ARB contract if the source is not Arbitrum. A Solana receipt uses a native SOL balance or SPL token account identified by mint; later token movement and account creation use SOL fees. LINK arrives as a network-specific contract balance. The wallet still needs the destination native asset before it can transfer or approve LINK later.
Verification and provider policy for this exact route
Provider policy is evaluated for the exact Solana mint or native asset, the other network representation, amount, and region. Cross-ecosystem wallet compatibility and no-KYC status are separate checks. On an Arbitrum source, the Nitro sequencer records L2 execution before Ethereum settlement completes; ETH funds gas and ERC-20 inputs can need approval. Sending ARB can require a token allowance, while ETH—not ARB—must fund Arbitrum gas. Verify the outbound ARB contract if the source is not Arbitrum. A Solana receipt uses a native SOL balance or SPL token account identified by mint; later token movement and account creation use SOL fees. LINK arrives as a network-specific contract balance. The wallet still needs the destination native asset before it can transfer or approve LINK later.
